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KDE Plasma 6.2.3 Brings Better Support for HDR Displays, Various Bug Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.2.3 is here two weeks after KDE Plasma 6.2.2 and promises to improve support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) displays by adding a workaround for a quirk that caused certain HDR-capable screens, such as the Acer XV275K P3, to leave the HDR mode whenever the user adjust any other display settings.

LXQt 2.1 Desktop Environment Released with Experimental Wayland Session

Highlights of LXQt 2.1 include an experimental Wayland session through the implementation of a new component called lxqt-wayland-session. The Wayland supports seven Wayland compositors, including Labwc, KWin, Wayfire, Hyprland, Sway, River, and Niri.

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Linux Mint Is Getting a Night Light Feature in Cinnamon, Framework Laptop Support

Linux Mint 22.1 is in the works, slated for release this December, and it will come with the soon-to-be-released Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment, which will introduce a brand-new theme and a Night Light feature to help reduce eyestrain when working at night on your computer.

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(Updated) WIZnet Reveals New Enhanced Raspberry Pi Pico Boards with Ethernet Functionality

The W5500-EVB-Pico2 features the W5500 Ethernet Controller, which supports eight independent hardware sockets. This allows for handling multiple network connections simultaneously. Additionally, it includes 32 Kbytes of internal memory for TX/RX buffers, which is beneficial for managing larger data packets efficiently.

RockChip RK3568-Based SBC for Embedded Applications with PoE+ Support

Engicam has showcased a single-board computer based on the RockChip RK3568 series, targeting a range of embedded and industrial applications. This high-performance board offers dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, including one with PoE+ support, as well as an HDMI port capable of up to 4K resolution at 60Hz.

Luckfox Omni3576 Board with Rockchip RK3576 Running Debian 12

Luckfox recently introduced the Omni3576 Development Board, built around the Rockchip RK3576 octa-core processor with a big.LITTLE architecture. With features like dual Gigabit Ethernet and dual CSI camera ports, this board is designed for diverse applications in industrial control, automotive electronics, and cloud terminal products.

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Mozilla: Firefox in Mozilla’s .deb Package, Tecken, and Servo

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2023

Mozilla ☛ Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .deb package!

A month ago, we introduced our Nightly package for Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions. Today, we are proud to announce we made our .deb package available for Developer Edition and Beta!

We’ve set up a new APT repository for you to install Firefox as a .deb package. These packages are compatible with the same Debian and Ubuntu versions as our traditional binaries.
Will Kahn-Greene: Tecken: The long windy journey to reproducing a problem remove_orphaned_files fixes

This post talks about a stability problem we have with Tecken, some work we're doing to make it better, and the steps to reproduce the problem [...]
The Servo Blog: This month in Servo: better floats, :has(), color-mix(), and more! [Ed: Mozilla development outsourced to Microsoft proprietary prison]

November has been another exciting month for Servo!

Our nightly example browser, servoshell, is now easier to navigate, accepting URLs without http:// or https:// both in the location bar and on the command line (@atbrakhi, #30148), and should no longer lock up when run with --no-minibrowser (@wusyong, #30598).

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Mozilla: Firefox in Mozilla’s .deb Package, Tecken, and Servo

Mozilla ☛ Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .deb package!

The Servo Blog: This month in Servo: better floats, :has(), color-mix(), and more! [Ed: Mozilla development outsourced to Microsoft proprietary prison]

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